We received your letter dated January 1, 2010, and are submitting nine artifacts for you to use in your exhibit about the struggles experienced by migrant workers of the 1930's. For each item, we included an image and an explanation (justification) of why we feel each piece should be in your museum. In addition, we provided an summary of what it meant to be a migrant worker in the 1930's.
Thank you for this opportunity,
Respectfully,
Mrs. Mahmoud
Ms. Torrise
What It Means To Be A Migrant Working : Introduction to Collection of Artifacts
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Suggested Artifacts for Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Artifact 1 - Migrant Camps
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Fig. 1 Depicts a Migrant Worker Camp in Ventura California (Hemmig, Migrant, n.d.).
Artifact 2 - Board Games
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Fig. 2 Shows a two men from a Farm Security Administration (FSA) Migrant camp in Visalia, California, playing checkers with several others watching (Rothstein, 1940)
Artifact 3 - Farm Security Administration (FSA)
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Fig. 3 Children standing in front of a sign at the gate of an FSA camp for fruit pickers in El Rio, CA (Hemmig, Group, 1941).
Artifact 4 - "Migrant Mother"
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Fig. 4 Dorothea Lange's famous picture of Florence Owens Thompson, 32 year old mother of eight, taken on a migrant farm in Napomo, CA (Lange, 1936).
Works Cited
Example (Include information shown in red (below) for primary sources found in digital collections) Artist or Creator. "Title of Image." Date Image was Created. Online Image. "Name of Collection." Database or Title of Site. Name of Organization. Date of Download. <URL>.
---. "Name of 2nd Image From Same Author and collection." Date Image was created...
Hemmig, Robert. "Migrant Camp, Ventura, CA." n.d.. Online Image. "Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941." American Memory. Library of Congress. 14 Feb 2010. <http://memory.loc.gov>
---. "Group of Children Posing." 1941...
Lange, Dorothea. "Migrant Mother." Feb or Mar 1936. Online Image. "Farm Security Administration Collection." Prints & Photographs Reading Room. Library of Congress. 15 Feb 2010. <http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html>.
Rothstein, Arthur. "Men In Recreation Hall." 1940. Online Image. "Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941." American Memory. Library of Congress. 14 Feb 2010. <http://memory.loc.gov>
Dear Dr. Hunt,
We received your letter dated January 1, 2010, and are submitting nine artifacts for you to use in your exhibit about the struggles experienced by migrant workers of the 1930's. For each item, we included an image and an explanation (justification) of why we feel each piece should be in your museum. In addition, we provided an summary of what it meant to be a migrant worker in the 1930's.
Thank you for this opportunity,
Respectfully,
Mrs. Mahmoud
Ms. Torrise
What It Means To Be A Migrant Working : Introduction to Collection of Artifacts
[Insert Text]
Suggested Artifacts for Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Artifact 1 - Migrant Camps
[Insert Justification]
Fig. 1 Depicts a Migrant Worker Camp in Ventura California (Hemmig, Migrant, n.d.).
Artifact 2 - Board Games
[Insert Justification]
Fig. 2 Shows a two men from a Farm Security Administration (FSA) Migrant camp in Visalia, California, playing checkers with several others watching (Rothstein, 1940)
Artifact 3 - Farm Security Administration (FSA)
[Insert Justification]
Fig. 3 Children standing in front of a sign at the gate of an FSA camp for fruit pickers in El Rio, CA (Hemmig, Group, 1941).
Artifact 4 - "Migrant Mother"
[Insert Justification]
Fig. 4 Dorothea Lange's famous picture of Florence Owens Thompson, 32 year old mother of eight, taken on a migrant farm in Napomo, CA (Lange, 1936).
Works Cited
Example (Include information shown in red (below) for primary sources found in digital collections)
Artist or Creator. "Title of Image." Date Image was Created. Online Image. "Name of Collection." Database or Title of Site. Name of Organization. Date of Download. <URL>.
---. "Name of 2nd Image From Same Author and collection." Date Image was created...
Hemmig, Robert. "Migrant Camp, Ventura, CA." n.d.. Online Image. "Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941." American Memory. Library of Congress. 14 Feb 2010. <http://memory.loc.gov>
---. "Group of Children Posing." 1941...
Lange, Dorothea. "Migrant Mother." Feb or Mar 1936. Online Image. "Farm Security Administration Collection." Prints & Photographs Reading Room. Library of Congress. 15 Feb 2010. <http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html>.
Rothstein, Arthur. "Men In Recreation Hall." 1940. Online Image. "Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941." American Memory. Library of Congress. 14 Feb 2010. <http://memory.loc.gov>